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Passengers arriving on international flights wait in line next to a police officer wearing personal protective equipment (PPE) and speaking with a woman at the airport in Chengdu

China reopens borders in final farewell to zero-COVID

Travellers began streaming into mainland China by air, land and sea on Sunday, many eager for long-awaited reunions, as Beijing opened borders that have been all but shut since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Soaring Covid cases shine light on China's healthcare gap

Visits by AFP journalists in the past two weeks have revealed sharp differences in demand for urban and rural hospitals
Understaffed and underfunded clinics stand half-empty in parts of the Chinese countryside even as hospitals in major cities heave under an unprecedented Covid wave -- an illustration of the stark disparities in the country's healthcare system.
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Canada prepares to expand assisted death amid debate

Canada is preparing to expand its medically assisted death framework to become one of the broadest in the world, a change some want to delay due to concerns vulnerable people have easier access to death than to a life without suffering.